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Anna Gjika

@gjikaphd.bsky.social
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Sociologist. Author of WHEN RAPE GOES VIRAL. Research on #gender #techabuse #sexualviolence #digitalculture #youth.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h
Again, what do you think the police are doing to people you can’t name if they’re willing to do that to the mayor?
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 11h
People also cant believe there is such a thing as “cell rent.” 41 states have it & even if you leave early states like FL make you pay the TOTALITY of your original stay. One Black woman was billed $127,000 ($50 a day for 2,555 days) for the full 7 years of her sentence despite only staying 10 mos
She Only Served 10 Months Behind Bars. Florida Still Slapped Her With A $127,000 Bill.
Under Florida's "pay-to-stay" law, inmates are charged $50 for every day of their sentence—including time they never spent incarcerated.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h
If elected officials don’t feel safe then how are professors in a Department studying sexuality and gender supposed to feel safe? How is a tenant organizer supposed to feel safe, student protesters etc all the people in political life who are targeted by the same reactionaries without any support.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12h
We don’t have any privacy protections which matter, we don’t have any limit on the resources we’ll spend on giving guys guns on behalf of the state. And yet, the people making the decisions are more afraid than ever?
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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is very good (although I've been told by a researcher in this area that National Panhellenic Conference sororities overturning their alcohol ban is "never gonna happen" for insurance reasons)
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Finding New Ideas for Campus Sexual Assault Prevention
Learn from schools with better climates.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wrote about the Cornell rape case, specifically about how MAGA responses to it highlight the male supremacism on the American right. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...
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The Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA Right
For the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great column. And folks should read @sorayachemaly.bsky.social's piece (below). And then maybe if you want to see how this abusive behavior starts from high school, read my book. sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
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33. A Long Read About Living in a World Where Men Publicly Bond over Women’s Humiliation and Pain
From the Burnerverse to Cornell to Clavicular, our society is all too happy to shift the cost and burden of sexual violence and male onto victims to protect men
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday ​persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ​ban on AI-generated ​fake nude images as ⁠the technology and ​social media company pursues ​a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And also 🫂
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You should be furious! It's so ethically irresponsible of them. But they're also trying to silence us through this bullshit so. We'll just have to be extra diligent & look out for each other when this stuff happens.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 02/10/2026
"New survey data from Siena suggests close to 50% of men aged 18–49 have an active sports betting account… Instead of fighting what is clearly an emerging crisis, we have some of the biggest names in professional sports acting as spokespeople for DraftKings and Kalshi."
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Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater
Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ugh, this is so gross. Sorry it happened to you, Nicole.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But it’s also true that these systems are just misogynistic. And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's kind of you, thank you! I look forward to reading your book 😊
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michael veale @michae.lv · 01/10/2026
As a preview - loot boxes banned everywhere EXCEPT games - age estimation techs have impossible tech requirements - U-15s have 1 hour daily limit on strava & spotify - accidental age rating obligation for all kindle ebooks - 14 yos on work experience can only use slack through a parent's account
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Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once again it’s @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social bringing AI panic back down to earth. For the love of god people please listen to them
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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PERIL @perilresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On CNN’s 5 Things Podcast quotes PERIL Founding Director Cynthia Miller-Idris on findings that misogyny is "among the top three predictors, of support for political violence and willingness to engage in it." 🎧https://bit.ly/4z2x2Uh
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He Called Women “Fat B*tches.” The GOP is Standing by Him. - CNN 5 Things - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
CNN has new reporting about crass and sexually degrading comments about women made by a congressional candidate in Texas who is running in a key district Democrats hope to flip. While he is framing…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
whenever we get close to seeing a systemic problem with policing, media rushes to frame it as a training problem. however, police culture is at the core of its mistreatment of victims and rape cases. policing is a tool of white supremacy AND *male* supremacy
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This, all day.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Especially if you don't immediately register the incident as an assault, or the perpetrator is someone close to you, or you still need info (when substances are present). You're going to keep communicating. Post-assault behavior doesn't tell us anything.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congrats, Nicolette!
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Folks. I am seriously concerned over some of these feminist responses to the Cornell rape case. The militant conviction that incarceration and the PATRIARCHAL state are the solution to sexual violence is ... astounding.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Folks. I am seriously concerned over some of these feminist responses to the Cornell rape case. The militant conviction that incarceration and the PATRIARCHAL state are the solution to sexual violence is ... astounding.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is genuinely true. Epstein perpetrators had a heavy hand in developing today’s campus sexual violence response.
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Jeffrey Epstein Loved Trump’s Changes to the Title IX Rule. That Tells You All You Need to Know. - National Women's Law Center
Content warning: reported sexual violence, reported homicide As an attorney who focuses on gender-based violence, I wasn’t surprised that the “Epstein files” confirmed what my gender justice comrades ...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Studies dating back to the 80s have found that men are not just “confused” about consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like power, domination, and sexual gratification. Men participating in a gang rape know they don’t have the victim’s consent.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
"We were letting actual 8th graders sneak into our wild drug and sex parties at our Silicon Valley AI group house" is the most eyebrow-raising quote among many from that New York Times piece, IMO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/t...
The house quickly became a hub for events. Eric Zhu, 19, a tech entrepreneur, said he used to sneak into parties there when he was about 13. No one checked anyone’s age, he said, and “it was pretty crazy.”
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Same! And thank you. I would love to hear your thoughts afterward.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely. Purely homosocial. And this is one of the core tenants of fascism. 
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everyone should read this excellent piece by @sorayachemaly.bsky.social.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is excellent.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I know lots of folks are focusing on frats, but I want to note that this is a bigger problem. I wrote a whole book about cases like this in the 2010s with high school kids. I wish we'd stop treating it as a new phenomenon every decade or so. Sexual violence & rape culture are ongoing.
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have a whole book on these types of cases, with high schoolers. Girls assaulted while drunk, recorded, shared online, and callously humiliated not just by the perps but by entire communities. www.ucpress.edu/books/when-r...
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When Rape Goes Viral by Anna Gjika - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMO it’s clear from Richard Hanania’s own words that he believes that rape, both statutory and violent, is the right of a certain kind of man. Elite men It’s appalling that this man is given a drop of ink or a second of interview time in our media. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/richard-hana...
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Richard Hanania Doesn't Even Try to Hide His Male Supremacism
Hanania is a reminder of the dangers of rehabilitating extremist intellectuals.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This really puts stuff like publicly funded third spaces in perspective for me. It's so relatively cheap to build out community centers, gyms, makerspaces, studios etc.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 15/09/2026
The record high waitlists have forced families across the country to rely on suboptimal care, to access food banks and other charities for basic necessities, and made it difficult, if not impossible, for countless women to find and keep jobs. From @hechingerreport.org:
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Record high waitlists for childcare assistance have shut women out of work and promotions
Now a Trump administration proposal to pay married stay-at-home parents could make the problem worse.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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